Dogger Bank B
Part of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm complex (Phases A, B, C).
Status
Under Constructionlifecycle stage
DeliveringHafrok completion outlook
Ownership
Location
United KingdomNorth Sea
Technology
Capacity
1,200 MW ◆
Turbines
95 × 13 MW ◆
Model
GE Haliade X 13 MW ◆
Foundation
Monopile ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Origination
Crown Estate Round 3 · 2010 ·
Water depth
17–33 m ≈
Distance from shore
131 km ◆
Wind speed
10.4 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
CfD · AR3-2019 · £41.611/MWh ◆
Grid
Secured · 17 Feb 2015 ◆
Connection
Creyke Beck substation ◆
Schedule
FID
26 Nov 2020 ◆
COD · announced
2027 ◆
COD · Hafrok
2027 expected
Delivery outlook modelled by Hafrok · calibrated on delivered projects
2027
expected year of commercial operation
Chance of delivery
≈98%
estimated chance this project reaches commercial operation
Under Construction projects complete ≈97% of the time on Hafrok's record. A secured offtake contract lifts this one slightly; its size and technical complexity pull a little the other way.
COD outlook
If it completes, when — Hafrok’s probability by year (teal) · the developer’s COD guidance, by date stated (ink)
| Year | Probability |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.3% |
| 2027 (expected) | 75.4% |
| 2028 | 21.7% |
| 2029 | 1.6% |
| Stated | Announced COD |
|---|---|
| 2020-11-26 | 2025 |
| 2024-05-22 | 2026 |
| 2026-03-19 | 2027 |
How Hafrok got this date
1
Starting point: the last dated milestone
Construction start in
2020. From there Hafrok adds how long similar projects (in established offshore-wind markets) took to reach commercial operation, measured on projects that have delivered.2
Typical timing
Starting point plus the typical remaining time gives a middle estimate of
2021 Q3; the faster quarter of similar projects would be done by 2020 Q4, the slower quarter not until 2022 Q3. Dates already in the past are moved up to today — this project has run beyond the typical timing.3
Result
Expected commercial operation
2027, likely range 2025–2027 (the middle half of outcomes for similar projects). The developer's announced date falls inside that likely range, so the announced date is adopted.4
Year-by-year chart
The bars spread that estimate across years using how similar projects actually slipped against their dates — more often late than early, which is why the bars lean right.
5
Chance of delivery — separate from timing
Start from the share of Under Construction projects that went on to complete — ≈97%, measured on Hafrok's record of delivered and abandoned projects, with an allowance held back where that record cannot yet speak (projects still unresolved, changed market conditions). Based on the measured record — all 257 construction starts with a final outcome reached operation — adjusted down for projects still mid-build and for legal-challenge risk. Then adjust for this project's own evidence — offtake, market, size, technical complexity — to ≈98%, which rates it
Delivering on Hafrok's four-step delivery scale (Delivering · Expected · Prospective · Fragile).Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok’s transactions record
Origination · 2010-01
Crown Estate Round 3
- Awarded to
- Forewind (SSE, RWE Npower, Statoil, Statkraft)
- Zone
- Dogger Bank zone
- Basis
- seabed award
From the auction results — the round that created the project.
Farmdown · 2020-12
SSE Renewables / Equinor → Eni 20%
- Stake
- 20%
- Consideration
- €223m
- Implied 100% value
- €1,117m
- Implied
- €0.93m / MW
- Basis
- Price for the equity
- Announced
- 2020-12
- Closed
- 2021-02
- Project stage
- FID
Eni acquired 20% of Dogger Bank A and B in a single transaction (10% from each of SSE and Equinor). Combined consideration GBP 405m for both phases; per-phase value ~GBP 202.5m. Financial close reached 25 Nov 2020. Eni's stake later transferred to Vårgrønn (Plenitude/HitecVision JV) in Oct 2022. EUR figure at the ECB 2020-12 monthly average (1.1035 EUR per GBP).
Evidence
- doggerbank.com — Dogger Bank Wind Farm announces Eni as new partner for phases A and B ↗ 2020-12 ◆ held
From Hafrok’s transactions record
Corporate · 2022-06
Eni Plenitude → Vårgrønn (Plenitude / HitecVision JV) 20%
- Stake
- 20%
- Consideration
- not disclosed
- Announced
- 2022-06
- Closed
- 2022-10
- Project stage
- under construction
Intra-group restructuring — companion record to Dogger Bank A. See Dogger Bank A record for full context.
Evidence
- Dogger Bank Wind Farm JV — Vargronn acquires Plenitude's 20% interest in Dogger Bank Wind Farm ↗ 2022-10 ◆ held
From Hafrok’s transactions record
Dashed tick marks today (13 Oct 2026). The ▲ below the spine is the developer-announced COD. The teal diamond on the spine is origination — the seabed award or round that created the project. Every other ownership event lives in the band below: one station per recorded deal, dated at its label, in deal order rather than to calendar scale. Secondary trades appear only at the interchanges; grey lines are parties whose entry or exit Hafrok’s record does not hold.
Announced COD: slipped so far +2.0 yr (first announced 2025) · the full guidance history is in the delivery chart above
Revenue & offtake contract duration and price levels · money of the day
CfD-backed offtake
● CfD · AR3
Price£41.611/MWh ·Basis2012 real · CPI-indexed
Capacity1,200 MWAwardedSep 2019Term15 yrs · delivery 2024/25
Money-of-the-day values computed by Hafrok from the United Kingdom CPI index, 2012 real base — actual to 2026-08, then an assumed +2.0%/yr (central-bank target). Cfd terms run 15 years from start of generation in the contracted delivery year.
Contract price over time · £/MWh
solid = actual CPI indexation · dashed = assumed +2.0%/yr
CfD · AR3
Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok’s registers
Installation under way
Installation · on record
StageUnder Construction
Offshore constructionstarted 2024-05
Turbines49 of 95◆52% · as of 2026-10-05 (date published) · reported by Dogger Bank Wind Farm (SSE Renewables / Equinor / Vårgrønn)Expected start of operation2027
Construction ports
PortAble Seaton Port ◆marshalling turbine installation
PortMaraen Port of Nigg ◆marshalling turbine installation
Installation contracts
FoundationsSeaway Strashnov◇Seaway7 · foundation installation vessel · 2024 → 2025 · Completed
FoundationsSeaway Alfa Lift◇Seaway7 · foundation installation vessel · 2024 → 2025 · Completed
TurbinesVoltaire◇Jan De Nul · foundation and turbine installation vessel · 2026-03 → · UnderwayGrid connection
from Hafrok’s substation, converter and cable registers
Offshore platforms · 1
HVDC systemDogger Bank B HVDC·1200 MW · ±320 kV · under construction, expected 2026
Export & onshore
Export cableDogger Bank B Export Cable·HVDC subsea · 207 km · NKT · under construction · to Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire
Converter supplierHitachi Energy·Dogger Bank B HVDC · Aibel (Haugesund, Norway) · for National Grid ESO
Grid connection · ready in time?
when each part of the grid connection is due, against the start date the developer states (black line) and the year Hafrok expects (teal band) · a bar spans the whole year, quarter or month the source gives
installed or in serviceexpected deliveryearlier date that was later moved
Sources & verification
Rests on 22 sources (18 primary) · ◆ 14 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Regulator4
[1]
legislation.gov.uk2015-02-17◆ The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Win…
“Project B offshore works Work No. 1B — (a) an offshore wind turbine generating station with a gross electrical output capacity of up to 1.2 gigawatts comprising up to 200 wind turbine generators each …”
supportsConsentTotal capacityFoundationConsent appliedConsent granted
[3]
BEIS (gov.uk)2019-09-20◆ CfD Allocation Round 3 results
“Doggerbank Creyke Beck B P1 | DoggerbankOffshoreWindFarm Project2ProjcoLimited | Offshore Wind | 1200.00 | 41.611 | 2024/25 | 1,505,330 | England”
supportsMechanismStrike / priceDetailCfD · AR3
[17]
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero2026-05-06◆ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD…
“REPD Q1 2026 quarterly extract — Ref ID 2541: Site Name "Dogger Bank A & B (was Creyke Beck A & B)", Development Status "Under Construction", Installed Capacity 2400 MWelec, Operator "SSE/Equinor (for…”
supportsRegister entry
[25]
The Planning Inspectorate (PINS)2026-08-23◆ PINS national infrastructure application…
“Project reference EN010021: "Dogger Bank Creyke Beck"; applicant "Forewind Limited"; Stage "Post-decision"; applied 2013-08-29; accepted 2013-09-25; decision 2015-02-17.”
supportsConsentConsent appliedConsent granted
Operator12
[4]
Dogger Bank Wind Farm (SSE Renewables / Equinor JV)2020-11-26◆ Dogger Bank Wind Farm A and B reaches fi…
“Dogger Bank A and B reach financial close on 26 November 2020, the largest offshore wind project financing to date globally. First power is expected in Summer 2023 and Summer 2024 for Dogger Bank A an…”
supportsFinal investment decisionmarshalling turbine installation
[5]
Dogger Bank Wind Farm (SSE Renewables / Equinor / Vårgrønn JV)2022-10-17◆ Vargronn acquires Plenitude's 20% intere…
“Vårgrønn has acquired Plenitude's 20% interest in the world's largest offshore wind farm — Dogger Bank. The wind farm is a joint venture between SSE Renewables (40%), Equinor (40%) and Vårgrønn (20%).”
supportsoperatorowner
[6]
Dogger Bank Wind Farm (SSE Renewables / Equinor / Vårgrønn JV)2020-01
“Onshore construction began in January 2020 when our contractors, Jones Bros, broke ground near the village of Ulrome in the East Ridings of Yorkshire.”
supportsOnshore constructionOffshore construction
[7]
SSE Renewables2024-05-14◆ Foundation installation campaign begins …
“Seaway7's vessels Seaway Strashnov and Seaway Alfa Lift have commenced installation of monopile foundations and transition pieces for the Dogger Bank B phase of the offshore wind farm project.”
supportsSeaway Strashnov — foundation installationSeaway Alfa Lift — foundation installation
[11]
Dogger Bank Wind Farm (SSE Renewables / Equinor / Vårgrønn JV)2026-06-10
“Dogger Bank A and B, with a combined generation capacity of 2.4GW, will connect in to the existing Creyke Beck substation. Around 131km from shore at its closest point. Dogger Bank B covers an area of…”
supportsStatusConnection pointDistance from shore
[15]
GE Renewable Energy2020-09◆ Haliade-X 13 MW Dogger Bank launch PR
“GE Renewable Energy to supply 190 Haliade-X turbines for Dogger Bank A and B. The project will be first in the world to feature the 13 MW variant of GE Renewable Energy's Haliade-X platform”
supportsModelUnit capacity
[18]
National Energy System Operator (NESO)2026-07-21◆ NESO Transmission Entry Capacity (TEC) R…
“NESO TEC Register, edition 21 July 2026 - PRO-000410: "Dogger Bank Project 4 (Dogger Bank B)", Status "Built", MW Connected 1200, Effective From n/a, Customer "DOGGERBANK OFFSHORE WIND FARM PROJECT 2 …”
supportsRegister entry
[19]
Equinor ASA2026-03-19◆ Equinor Annual Report 2025 (equinor.com …
"In 2026, Dogger Bank A will enter full production and first production at Dogger Bank B is expected to start up." ... "At Dogger Bank A, preparations are underway to complete commissioning. Construct…
supportsCommercial operationCOD history
[20]
SSE plc2026-07-16◆ SSE Renewables — sse plc q1 fy27 trading…
“Work is progressing strongly at Dogger Bank B with 30 turbines installed with the run-rate of installation significantly exceeding that achieved on the first phase.”
supportsStatus note
[21]
SSE plc2026-05-28◆ SSE plc preliminary results FY2026
“Turbine installation is progressing strongly at Dogger Bank B (1.2GW, SSE share 40%) with the installation run-rate far exceeding that achieved on the first phase, resulting in 20 turbines currently i…”
supportsFirst power
[22]
SSE plc2026◆ SSE Annual Report 2026 (FY to 31 March 2…
“Turbine installation is progressing strongly at Dogger Bank B (1.2GW, SSE share 40%) with the installation run-rate far exceeding that achieved on the first phase, resulting in 20 turbines currently i…”
supportsFirst power
[24]
SSE plc2026-10-01◆ Trading update
“Delivery at Dogger Bank offshore wind farm continues to progress well, and in line with expectations, with turbine installation on Dogger Bank B beyond the half-way point.”
supportsStatus note
Trade press6
[8]
offshoreWIND.biz2026-03-03
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsTurbinesModelUnit capacityVoltaire — turbine installation
[9]
offshoreWIND.biz2026-06-09
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsStatus note
[10]
offshoreWIND.biz2026-05-12
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsmarshalling turbine installation
[12]
4C Offshore (TGS)2026-07-02
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsCoordinates
[13]
[14]